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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Hello everyone, In the song "Orange Blossom Special" from Johnny Cash there is a talk in the middle of it that says: "Say man, when you going back to Florida?"
"When am I goin' back to Florida? I don't know, don't reckon I ever will."
Could someone please enlighten me what "don't reckon I ever will" means:
Thanks!
"When am I goin' back to Florida? I don't know, don't reckon I ever will."
Could someone please enlighten me what "don't reckon I ever will" means:
Thanks!
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Reckon is informal for 'think' or 'imagine' and is very familiar to Americans who watch the old western movies.
- Reckon is informal for 'think' or 'imagine' and is very familiar to Americans who watch the old western movies.
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Reckon is informal for 'think' or 'imagine' and is very familiar to Americans who watch the old western movies.
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This use of reckon means to think or suppose, but that is a regional dialect.
reckon
v.t.
1. to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
2. to esteem or consider; regard as; deem: to be reckoned an authority.
3. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
v.i.
reckon
v.t.
1. to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
2. to esteem or consider; regard as; deem: to be reckoned an authority.
3. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. to think or suppose.
v.i.
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Hello Phillip, thank you very much for your reply!! I was really trying to figure it out but I could not. Is like to say: " Don't think I ever will go back to Florida"?
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